Bottle-holder.



W. P. RIBS.

Patented June 14, 1910.

mam n c ETE wiLLIAM r. RIBS,

0F AKRON, OHIO.

BOTTLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgntged June 14,1910.

Application filed December 15. 1909. Serial No. 533,268.

To all'whom'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WIL IAM I. has, a citizen of the United States,residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Holders; and IAnother object is toprovide a device off this character adapted to besecured to the frame or jamb of a door and havingJmeans whereby when abottle is inserted therein, the same cannot be removed until the door isopened.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consistsofcertain novel features of construction, combination land arrangementof parts as will be more fully described and'particularly pointedlout inthe appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a side view of a door and doorframe showing my improved bottle holder applied; Fig. 2 IS a horizontalsection taken on the line 2-42 of Fig. 1'. Fig.3 is a vertical sectionof the holder, showing the bottle arranged therein in dotted lines; F g.is a similar View taken at rightangles to Fig. -3. Fig. 5 1s a do! allperspective view of one of the bottle upporting devices.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes my improvedbottle holder which is preferably formed of tin or other sheet'metal andisconstructed substantially as is shown in the drawings. The receptacleis closed at its upper end and open at its lower end and a its rearside. In one side of the receptacle are formed upper and lower key-holesha ed apertures 2 which are adapted to be ei'igagcd with nails or otherheaded fastening devices 3. which are arranged in the door jainb orframe adjacent to the outer side of, the door. as shown.

In applying the receptacle to the door jainb or frame, it is firstnecessary to open the door after which the larger portions of theapertures 2 are engaged with the nails or headed supporting devices i).The receptacle is then pushed over until the smaller portions of theapertures 2 engage the nails 3, thus preventing the removal of thereceptacle from the nails after the door has been closed. as when thedoor is in closed position. the outer side of the same will be broughtinto close engagement with the inner side of the receptacle, thuspreventing any lateral movement thereof and thus holding the smallerportions of the apertures 2 in engagement with the nails 3.

In applying the milk bottle to the receptacle, the former is insertedinto the lower open end of the remptacle and pushed up wardly thereinuntil the head around-the upper end of the bottle neck is engaged by thesupporting devices 4 whereby the bottle will be securely held in thereceptacle and .cannot be removed therefrom or tampered with until thedoor has been opened, thus permitting the removal of the bottle throughthe open rear side .of the receptacle.

The supporting devices 4: are arranged at diametrically opposite pointson the inner side of the receptacle near the upper end thereof and eachof said devices comprises an attaching plate 5 which is riveted orotherwise secured to the inner side of the receptacle and is providednear its lower end with. a transverse bearing groove 6 and a rightangular laterally projecting stop lug 7. The upper ends of the attachingplate 5 are preferably bent inwardly and downwardly at a suitable angleto provide a stop 3.,thc purpose of which will be hereinafter described.I

Hingedly mounted in the bearing groove 6 of the attaching plate. a is a.bottle supporting plate 9. The plates 5) oi the attach. ing devices areadapted to swing upwardly until engaged with. the stops 8 which limittheupward movement ofthe plates 9. The bottle supporting plates 9 arelimited'in their downward movement and are 'prevented from droppingbelow a horizontal plane by means of the stop lugs T on the low er endsof the attaching plates By means of bottle supporting devices,

such as hereiirshow'n and described. it will be seen that when a milkbottle is pushed upwardly into said receptacle that the sup portingplates 9 will be engaged by the upper end of the bottle and swungupwardly against the stops 8 which will permit the beaded upper end ofthe bottle to pass said supporting plates, whereupon the latter willdropback into engagement with the neck of the bottle below t e bead thereonand will thus su,- port or hold the bottle in thereceptacle; tacle willprevent the ttle from being tampered with and the latter cannotberemoved from the receptacle until the door is opened and the rear openside of the receptacle thus uncovered.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying draw- 1 ing's, the construction and operation of theinvention will be readily understood withp out requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and -the minor details of,construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as defined in theappended claiin.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: a

In'a bottle holder of the character dey scribed, a receptacle 0 en at.its rear side and lower end, means w ereby the receptacle is secured toa door jamb adjacent to the he closed upper end of the recepdoor, thelatter when iniclosed position 00vering the open side of thereceptacleand greventin the removal thereof from the oor -'ambottledeyieps, arrange in said rece ta 0, sa i devices 60mprismattaching ates having on their upper en s downwar ly and inwiidl yprojectmg. stops and on their lower ends inwardly projectlnglugs,-bott1'e engagin and sup porting plates 11" edl connec to saidattachlng 'lates 11 .25 a apted to be engaged and lifted by the upperend of a bottle when inserted in the vlower open end of the "receptacle,said plates beingslifted by the upper end of the bottle automaticalldrop back into engagement with the bott e neck thereby holding thebottle against removal from the receptacle-untilthe rear open sidethereof is uncovered by the opening of the door. I a In testimonywhereof I havehereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

WILLIAM P; RIES.

Witnesses ELMER L. Bins, WILLIAM T. HENRY.

